1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,070 2 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:29,030 Sit down please, gentlemen. 3 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,150 Carry on, Peter. 4 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,100 The target tonight gentlemen, is the big one. 5 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,990 Berlin. - Not Berlin! They can have Berlin. - Too true. 6 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,120 Give me Happy Valley, not these damned long stooges. - I knew you'd all be delighted. 7 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,870 Alright, now as you see, 8 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,790 we have two diversionary raids tonight, thanks to our friends from One Group. 9 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,870 And that should take care of the night fighter activity on our way back across Belgium. 10 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,510 There will be 400 aircraft on Berlin, timed to be in and out in 16 minutes. 11 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,740 So, accurate navigation is of the essence. 12 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:42,790 Full power, straight ahead. 13 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,430 Good evening, Herr Leutnant. Glad to see you back again. 14 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,230 I was in Berlin last week seeing your mother in law. She thought there was a chance you might be on leave. 15 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,870 My wife told me. 16 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,630 She said she was hoping to see you this weekend. I hope you find time to see one or two of the people I've been talking to. 17 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,190 I'm helping my family to move out of Berlin and in any case I'm only going to have 48 hours. 18 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,220 Well, you could spare an hour or two. They're good men. - I'm sure. 19 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,870 Yes, she said there'd only been a few stray bombs near your house so far. 20 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:44,270 You live well out in the suburbs, of course, but Berlin is taking a pounding. 21 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:49,540 I know. But it's not that easy to knock out a capital city, as we discovered when we attacked London. 22 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,070 The RAF is sending heavy planes. 23 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,270 300, 400 at a time with bigger bombloads 24 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,030 Yes, and their losses are mounting too. You know how long it takes to train aircrew. They can't keep it up forever. 25 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,510 What was Reichsmarschall Goring's boast? 26 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,460 No enemy aircraft would ever fly over the Reich's territory. 27 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:18,220 Good evening Mademoiselle, Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. I have your table ready for you. 28 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,630 It's Kessler that's just come in. 29 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Who's the woman? - Her name is Madeline Duclos. Belgian. 30 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,990 Excuse me, I shan't be a moment. 31 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,710 Good evening Major Brandt. 32 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,310 Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. May I introduce an old friend, Oberst Neidlinger. 33 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,830 Herr Oberst. A pleasure to meet you. 34 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,710 Oh I see you have finished. Perhaps you'd both care to join me and my guest for a drink? 35 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,230 It would be a pleasure but really I've promised myself an early night. 36 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:50,610 And it's tonight I'm catching the Berlin sleeper. - Oh yes, of course. I hope you have a pleasant weekend. - Thank you. 37 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,070 Are you staying in Brussels long Herr Oberst? 38 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:59,190 I'm going on to Paris first thing tomorrow morning. - Perhaps on another occasion. 39 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,270 Courtesy? Or something worse? 40 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,630 He saw me here with Von Elmendorf. He questioned me afterwards. 41 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,230 He wanted to know if there were any signs of disloyalty on Von Runstedt's staff. 42 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,710 Do you think he's suspicious of us? - It's his job. 43 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,460 I should be very surprised if he weren't. 44 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:30,670 Most of those he would consider disloyal were destined to be professional soldiers from the moment the doctor said "it's a boy". I certainly was. 45 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,230 The Kesslers of this world don't like the military class, and never will. 46 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:43,270 Are you afraid of him? - I'm wary of him, yes. 47 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,510 He represents Germany today. Not me, not you. 48 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,790 The Gestapo. The SS. 49 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,790 An honorable patriotic man finds it expedient to be wary of Kessler, 50 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,750 in case they may be suspected of thinking the wrong ... 51 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,710 Yeah, yeah. I think we should be making a move. 52 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,710 You're very quiet tonight. - Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking. 53 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,550 However, that's strange coming from you. Someone who always seems to say as little as possible. 54 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:19,270 I haven't had anyone to talk to for such a long time. I suppose I've got out of the habit. - Thank you, gentlemen goodnight. 55 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,110 Who's the other one? 56 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,830 That's Oberst Neidlinger. He serves on General Kammhuber's staff. 57 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:34,020 Another one on good terms with Admiral Canaris. - You sound as if you don't like him. 58 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:38,630 Oh, I've never met him before. But I know of him. He's a Junker. 59 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,350 His type think they're too good to join the Party. 60 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,160 They think they have a right to look down on us. 61 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,280 But they'll learn, these aristocrats. They'll find out that their day is over for good. 62 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,980 Perhaps. I wonder sometimes though... 63 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,430 Oh, I was... - It's alright. 64 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,430 I'd forgotten for the moment about Baron d'Aquise. Forgive me. 65 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,950 Well, in your case, I doubt if the attitudes of the aristocracy brought you much happiness. 66 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,670 He wasn't to blame. I think he did really love me, but 67 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,630 a married Catholic. The title. The family. The pressures were too great. 68 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,470 I think if I may say so, that in succumbing to those pressures, 69 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,030 he lost far more than you did. 70 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,720 Pilot to navigator. How are we doing? 71 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:38,230 Navigator. I'll be giving you a change of course in about twelve minutes Skipper. 72 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,230 Right on time. 73 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:47,790 The Mosquito boys should be around by now. We won't see anything for a while yet. 74 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,350 Rear gunner. How's it with you? 75 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,270 Rear gunner. Haven't seen a thing so far, Skipper. 76 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,630 Mid gunner? - Nor me, Skipper. 77 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:02,270 We must be clearing the main night fighter area. They'll know we're on to Berlin by now. 78 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,270 Clear skies should be ahead. So keep up a full search pattern will you. 79 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,910 Rear gunner. You bet, skipper. - Mid gunner. Okay, Skipper. 80 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,510 Kessler? 81 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,750 It's possible. 82 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,870 You don't seem to disagree with anything I say. 83 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,710 It's difficult to do so. - And yet you won't commit yourself. 84 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,710 No, no no. I just mustn't miss my train. - You won't. 85 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,470 Come on man speak your mind. 86 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,190 Manfred, I envy your certainty. And I wish I could share it. 87 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,670 But you're asking me to join in a conspiracy against the Fuhrer himself. 88 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,870 It's bad enough when he was no more than an upstart. 89 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,390 Now it's apparent the man is a criminal and a lunatic. Don't you understand that? 90 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,470 He is still our head of state. - Of itself enough to shame any decent man. 91 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,870 Come along. Do the Ukrainians love Stalin? 92 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:06,190 I doubt it. But in their eyes he's the lesser evil, and so they fight us. 93 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,900 Only half of them. The rest have thrown in their lot with us. 94 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,190 But that is exactly what war is. A choice of evils. 95 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,630 I have to think of my country first. 96 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,630 We're fighting the most savage and bitter war in human history. 97 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,660 We're bombed at night. More and more by day. We're fighting vast hordes on the Eastern Front, 98 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,870 and yet we have to keep divisions in readiness in the West in case there's an invasion. 99 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,630 And you say, get rid of the Fuhrer and his instruments of government. 100 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,150 That must inevitably weaken and divide us. And alright, suppose it happened. 101 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,190 You think the Allies would stop fighting us and shake hands? 102 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,110 Or would they see it as their chance to crush Germany yet again? 103 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,270 The British and Americans will never negotiate with the Nazis, but if... 104 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,710 If we can get rid of them, show our willingness to look for an honorable peace... 105 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,710 The Allies demand unconditional surrender. - That's out of the question. 106 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:00,510 But if we clean out our own stable first, I believe they'd see it differently. 107 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,550 Perhaps, and perhaps not. 108 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,590 You see, you, you draw a distinction between the Nazis and the German people, but they don't. 109 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,270 They're at war with Germany, not the Nazi Party. 110 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,070 Erwin, we all went through this, every one of us. 111 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,630 For a man who loves his country, it's an awful decision to have to make. 112 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,550 As you said, it's a choice of evils. 113 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,950 But think of the Germany you want your children to grow up in. 114 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,350 Are they to be free? To think for themselves? 115 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,350 Or are they to live in fear of Kessler and his brood? 116 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:41,470 Yes, you must catch your train. Go home. Get your family to safety. 117 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,830 Think about it. There's still time. You'll be with us in the end, I'm sure of that. 118 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,470 Pilot, was that Nobby? 119 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,110 I'm afraid so. 120 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:11,560 Bomb aimer, markers are dead ahead. 121 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,870 Bomb bay doors open. 122 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,830 Navigator. Another minute skipper. We've a long way to go yet. 123 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:24,070 Rubbish. If we don't bomb now, we'll be overshooting the markers. 124 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,710 Navigator. Hold this course for another minute. 125 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,950 For God's sake let's get them away. - It's too early. 126 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,150 Shut up. 127 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,790 If you don't bomb now, I'll drop the things myself. I'm not hanging about with this flak.. 128 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,630 Roger skipper. Target right ahead. 129 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,710 Left, left, left... 130 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,710 Steady... 131 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,830 Hold it. Steady... 132 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:02,790 Bombs gone. 133 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,310 Bomb bay's shut. I'm turning starboard. We're going home. 134 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,190 Master bomber to main force? 135 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,230 Disregard the markers that have been dropped short and west of the main target. 136 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:31,470 I'm having the target marked again at once with green. Be sure to bomb on new markers. 137 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:39,390 Master bomber. We are re-marking. Ignore markers West and short of target. 138 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,510 Too late now. Next course, navigator. 139 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,030 Navigator. Two six five degrees, skipper. 140 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,430 Two six five degrees. Roger. 141 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,830 Pilot to crew. The fighters will be waiting for us now. Watch it. 142 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,910 Rear gunner. OK, skipper. - Mid gunner. Right, skipper. 143 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:08,350 The smell of real coffee. I'd forgotten what it was like. Thank you. 144 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,510 Oh, it's nothing. - It's not nothing to be kind. 145 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,550 Is that how you see me? - Yes, you've been very kind to me. 146 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,430 You're such a gentle person. It would be very hard for anyone to be otherwise. 147 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:28,470 I'm not sure you're right about me. - I'm a good judge of people. I have to be. 148 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,910 But you haven't seen me as I really am. 149 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,900 I haven't been myself for so long now. - Perhaps you should think about it less. 150 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,230 I've tried, believe me, but I kept going over it all in my head. 151 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,830 How we did this, said that. How it might have turned out differently. 152 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,390 But of course it never could have done. It was bound to end as it did. 153 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:56,470 I know this is easy to say, but eventually you have to put it all behind you. Forget about it. 154 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,150 I know. 155 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,790 Recently, I haven't thought about him quite so much. 156 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,740 Oh, what have you thought about? - Your kindness. 157 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,630 Now it's my turn to say that I'm afraid you're not quite right about me. 158 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,110 Perhaps we both need illusions? - Yes, perhaps. 159 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,030 When we first met, I thought you were looking for an easy pick up. Someone to spend the night with. 160 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,830 That being your experience since the Baron? - Oh yes, your information. 161 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,030 I should have realized it would be comprehensive. 162 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,150 Perhaps we should stop seeing each other. - Why? 163 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,550 I was very much in love with him. - Are you still? 164 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,670 Since then, I've been very unhappy. 165 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:53,230 I've become used to it. In a way, guarded my own wretchedness. 166 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,590 Perhaps that made me feel safe. I don't know. 167 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,870 But I could come to care for you, I think. Then I wouldn't be safe any more. 168 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:08,720 No, but you might be truly alive again. 169 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:14,390 I was alive before. And I never want to go through that again for anyone. 170 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,420 Well, that's something you must decide for yourself. 171 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,950 It's different for you. - No, not really. 172 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:27,180 If I were to care about someone. For a man like me, 173 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,870 that would be dangerous. - Why? 174 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,630 Personal feelings are, as you've learned. 175 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,430 And yet, I'm no different from anyone else. 176 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,510 You see me as kind. I see you as gentle. 177 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,640 You're certainly wrong. Perhaps we both are. 178 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:54,790 But possibly that's a need that we both share. To be blind to what someone else is really like. 179 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,590 It's late. 180 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,510 Good night. 181 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:15,590 Good night. 182 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,400 Rear gunner. There's a fighter. Break right. 183 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,110 Can you see him, Bill? 184 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:54,990 Starboard engine's gone. 185 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,990 Rear gunner, do you hear me? Rear gunner. Where are you? 186 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,870 Skipper. Bomb aimer. The starboard wing is burning. The fuel tanks are going. 187 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:09,910 Pilot to crew. Bail out. Bail out. 188 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,150 Bert, if you can go back and see what's happened to the others. - OK skipper. 189 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,470 The wing'll blow up soon. 190 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,030 Come on. Hurry up. For God's sake. She'll go up in a minute. 191 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,190 Where's that parachute? 192 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,430 Come on. For God's sake. Hurry up. 193 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,710 It'll go any second now. 194 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,190 Give me a parachute. It'll blow any second. 195 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,030 They've all bought it, skipper. They're all dead. - Bail out. Bail out now. 196 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,830 Please, please can you help me? 197 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,280 Well, you shouldn't be here. There are unexploded bombs. 198 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:16,350 My house was across the street. Where can I find my family? 199 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,030 What name? - Brandt. 200 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,360 I'm sorry Herr Major, but your wife and son were killed. 201 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:41,310 Your mother and daughter are safe. They've been taken to a rest centre. 202 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,070 Where are they? My wife and son? 203 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:59,110 The hospital was destroyed. The school is a temporary mortuary. 204 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,070 I must go and see. Could there have been a mistake? 205 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,630 Please leave Herr Major. It's not safe. 206 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,230 This is London. 207 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,790 London calling on the Overseas and European services of the BBC. 208 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,190 Last night 400 RAF bombers attacked Berlin. 209 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,870 Heavy damage was inflicted. 210 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,550 Widespread fires were seen from a very long distance from Berlin by returning crews. 211 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,310 22 of our aircraft failed to return. 212 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:02,790 Last night bombers of the RAF carried out another cowardly terror attack on Berlin. 213 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,110 Hospitals, schools and houses were destroyed 214 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:09,630 and casualties inflicted on helpless civilians. 215 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:16,220 45 enemy aircraft were shot down by our heroic fighter pilots and anti aircraft gunners. 216 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,350 Forty-five. 217 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,870 And they'll have lost more in accidents on take off and landing. 218 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:25,710 If we can keep that up, they'll be bled to death. 219 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,150 Yes, twenty-two. 220 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,600 John Curtis used to say that provided their losses didn't exceed 10%, they could keep that up. 221 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,990 22 is probably a propaganda figure. I expect they lost twice that many. 222 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:44,440 Don't you trust anyone Max? - Only myself, and you of course, dear Natalie. 223 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:50,270 John Curtis also used to say the German figure of losses was probably more accurate than the British. 224 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,870 Yeah, well either way we will probably be getting some customers in the near future. 225 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,270 All right. Leave it. 226 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:09,390 Well Sergeant, before we dispose of you, let's have a talk. 227 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,310 Michael Murray. Flight Sergeant... - Oh don't be a fool Sergeant. 228 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:50,750 Alright. 229 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,550 Was it a fighter or ack ack? - Fighter. 230 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,580 On your way back from Berlin? - Yes. - Well, what happened? 231 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,110 They hit us twice. Perhaps more. I can't remember. It was all over so fast. 232 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,990 One engine went. The wing caught fire. 233 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,070 We had to bail out before the plane blew up 234 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,150 Did all of you bail out? - No. Two of them were dead. 235 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,230 236 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,510 Bert might have made it though I didn't actually see him jump. 237 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,830 Bert? - My bomb aimer. 238 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,590 That night you attacked a residential area of Berlin. 239 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,190 Are those your orders now, to bomb indiscriminately? 240 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:35,350 The markers were dropped short. By the time we realized that it was too late. 241 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,350 We'll return to that in a moment. 242 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,950 Now you were picked up at 9 A.M. Where had you been hiding? - In a ditch. 243 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:50,430 You approached a postman and asked him for help. - Told me he'd help but he came back with a policeman. 244 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,110 Was he the first person you approached? - No, there was an old woman earlier, 245 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:59,110 Just shook her head. 246 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,470 You were hoping to be picked up by an escape route. Isn't that so? 247 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,630 You're briefed on what to do if you're shot down. It's no secret, you know. 248 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,950 Were you given the names of contacts? 249 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:17,430 You will now tell me the type of plane, where you're stationed, which squadrons are based there, how many aircraft and so on... 250 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,950 Geneva Convention. I can only tell you my name rank and number. 251 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,950 You terror fliegers do not merit the protection of the Geneva Convention. You've broken enough rules and ought to be shot. 252 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,830 You will begin now. - I can't. 253 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,190 Stand to attention to the presence of an senior officer. Well, that's better. 254 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,400 I am Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler. Gestapo. 255 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,310 Now you will either answer my questions here, 256 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:43,760 or you will be taken to another place where you will most certainly answer. Do I make myself clear? 257 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,150 Please, I am entitled to be treated as a prisoner of war. 258 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,950 So you will be, provided you cooperate. 259 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:57,270 Think yourself lucky you didn't bail out above Berlin Sergeant. 260 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,430 Aircrew have been beaten to death by angry civilians before now, you know. 261 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,870 Good. Thank you. - It's quiet this evening. 262 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,630 We have a customer. 263 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,950 Where? - A farm, near Anderlecht. 264 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,830 It's too late now. - He'll be alright for a few days. He's hiding in the barn. 265 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,870 Can you provide transport? - It'll have to be a horse and cart. 266 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,750 It'll have to be Monique. There's no one else. 267 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,430 Good morning, Herr Major. - Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. 268 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:33,790 I heard about your wife and son. - May I extend my commiserations? - Thank you. 269 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:37,900 I wasn't sure if you would come back. I thought you might apply for compassionate leave. 270 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,350 They were buried yesterday. 271 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,480 I sent my mother and daughter to stay with relatives in the country. They should be safe there. 272 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,230 Now I have a great deal to do. - Yes of course. 273 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,510 Still, the child must be very upset. 274 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,670 Well, I thought you might like to know that we've got one of them. Shot down on the way back from Berlin. 275 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,300 In your absence, I questioned him. 276 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,590 He was confused, frightened, in a state of shock. 277 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,030 He provided a great deal of information without too much urging. 278 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,470 Oh, nothing about escape routes, unfortunately. He hadn't made contact with them. 279 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,310 But there's much there the Luftwaffe might find interesting. - There may be another one? 280 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,750 Oh the bomb aimer? Yes, if he wasn't killed. 281 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,630 Wake up. 282 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,190 Rise. 283 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,750 Can't you speak? - Ben Lewis. RAF. 284 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,820 You speak German. - Not really. 285 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,590 You understood it well enough just now. 286 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,830 Who are you? 287 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,990 You told me you knew someone who could help me. - That depends on who you are. 288 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,910 I told you, Sergeant Lewis, RAF. 289 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,910 Sergeant Lewis who, when half asleep and told to stand up in German, automatically jumps to his feet. 290 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,720 Not the way we expect RAF aircrew to behave. - Who the hell do you think I am? 291 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:58,430 You could be a German trying to infiltrate an escape route. - Escape route? 292 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,510 So that's who you say you are. For all I know you could be Germans. 293 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:08,190 Bogus escape route, set up to catch evaders. Well they exist. We were warned about them at briefings. 294 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,630 You have to satisfy us, not the other way round. How is it you speak German? 295 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,590 I don't. I took it at school. I know a bit, that's all. 296 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,790 Which school? - A grammar school. 297 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,680 Where? Wales? - Talking the way I do. Don't be daft. 298 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,750 What type of plane were you flying? - I can't tell you that. - What was your target? - I can't tell you that. 299 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,870 When were you shot down? - My name is Lewis. Sergeant Lewis. 300 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:30,990 Do you think we take chances on a man who might be German? Now if you really are RAF, just answer the questions. 301 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,990 You haven't asked me any questions to answer yet. 302 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,910 If you're from an escape route why should you want secret operational information? 303 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,030 Is your place of birth a secret then? - Kentish Town. 304 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,270 Where's that, somewhere in Kent? - It's part of London. 305 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,390 Did everyone learn German at your school? 306 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,470 Most of them took French, but you could opt for Spanish or German if you wanted to. 307 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,950 Why did you choose German? - I was taking school certificate and I needed a modern language. 308 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,030 I wasn't much good at F... I preferred German. 309 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,390 Did you get your school certificate? - No, but that's why I'm a bomb aimer. I wanted to be a pilot. 310 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,550 Did any other members of your crew survive apart from yourself? 311 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,710 I'm pretty sure the pilot got out. Perhaps the navigator. 312 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,110 You came down by parachute? - Yes. - How far away from here? 313 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,110 I walked for about 2 hours and I found this barn. I walked 5 miles I suppose. 314 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,350 What was your pilot's name? - Why? 315 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,430 Because I want to confirm you are who you say you are. What was your pilot's name? 316 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,750 Mick Murray. - What!? - Flight Sergeant Michael Murray everybody called him Mick. 317 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,910 Confirm? What do you mean, confirm? Who with... 318 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:29,750 You said there could have been other survivors. Well, none have been reported to us. 319 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,270 Alright, maybe you are Flight Sergeant Lewis. I hope so, for your sake. 320 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,080 It's gonna take a day or two to check, so in the meantime, you stay here. 321 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,700 Check? What do you mean check? 322 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,990 You say you're in touch with somebody who knows me? - Why should that be of interest to you? 323 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,310 Because I've got no way of knowing you're genuine, have I? 324 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,950 I mean, this could all be part of your game. Pretending to be suspicious of me. Saying you'll check. 325 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,270 I mean what does it mean if you do come back and say "yes, we believe you" I'm still none the wiser about you am I? 326 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,710 What's your name? - Bert Lewis, RAF, 1246... 327 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,390 Who the hell are you? 328 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,550 We can't tell you anything about us until we are certain about you. 329 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:09,590 When that's done, and if you really are an evader, then we'll concern ourselves with your fears, and not before. 330 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,870 Yeah, well don't try and convince me by telling me anything about my pilot. 331 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,230 He could have been taken prisoner. 332 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,350 Major Brandt's wife, and his son as well? - Yes, I'm afraid so. 333 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,710 How awful for him. 334 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,790 Yes. I feel sorry for him. 335 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,670 For a man to lose his only son like that. I can imagine how I'd feel. 336 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:46,420 I remember my father... He's dead now, but I remember how proud he was of me. 337 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,480 What was he like? - Oh a fine man. 338 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,310 Fought in the Great War. Won the Iron Cross First Class. 339 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,230 Afterwards, he worked hard to build up a good business. We were quite well to do. 340 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,390 That was before, of course. - Before what? 341 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,510 Before they robbed him of all he had. - Who? - Oh, the bankers, the financiers. 342 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,190 You mean the ... - I mean they took everything from him. My father and thousands like him. 343 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,590 Oh, there was inflation, depression, unemployment. 344 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:25,430 But while men like my father grew poor, they grew richer. 345 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,590 Oh, we've put all that right now, of course, but 346 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:35,550 I wish my father could have lived to see the new Germany. A great nation again. 347 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,830 You know, if he is a German trying to infiltrate the line, he's seen you and Alain. 348 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,510 It's alright, the barn door's kept padlocked. 349 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,590 Bar takings are up again. They certainly know how to drink, these Germans. 350 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,830 He was more suspicious of us than we were of him, but his reactions did seem genuine. 351 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,870 And a man who is half asleep usually gives himself away. 352 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,430 Can I do anything, Albert? - Yes. 353 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,430 Check these figures, will you? I can't balance these receipts. 354 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,430 You know, I'm not sure about that new waiter, I think he could be a thief. 355 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,510 They're all thieves. - Oh, this is 15 Francs short. 356 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,310 Someone at the door. 357 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:25,510 It's Alain. 358 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,390 I've checked him out. Flight Sergeant Lewis is alright. 359 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,630 Goodnight Mademoiselle. Goodnight, Sturmbannfuhrer. - Goodnight. Thank you. 360 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,580 Get him in the safe house, tomorrow. Want a drink? 361 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,150 We have a pilot and a navigator, there. 362 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,470 The bomb aimer there. 363 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,230 And another pilot down here, there at the farm. 364 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,390 Are they safely undercover? - Yes, for the time being. 365 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,870 When you go to Paris tomorrow, can you bring these fellows into Brussels first? 366 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,950 There are more Germans searching the countryside than usual Albert. 367 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,350 I don't think Monique should pick up the bomb aimer until after dark. 368 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,350 She's already gone. 369 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,470 Motorcycle patrols are making spot checks. 370 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,430 Well it's too late to stop her now. 371 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,580 I thought everything was going to be alright. 372 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,510 I always try and be friendly with Germans and I happen to know these two. 373 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,510 Were they suspicious? - No. Not a bit of it. 374 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,030 Only too happy to come to the house for a glass of beer before they did their search. 375 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,510 Sent my son over here to hide the Englishman. - And he'd gone. - Yeah. 376 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,220 Well did you try to find him? - Of course, well, as soon as we could. 377 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,070 He knows where this farm is, and he knows me, my son. 378 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:48,150 Now if the Germans take him... - Stupid young idiot. 379 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,950 I suppose he was frightened. We frightened him. 380 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,030 Damn. 381 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,750 Why the devil didn't he wait to be told what to do? - I don't know. I suppose he thought they... 382 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,110 Well he shouldn't think. Let them think in their bombers, not on the ground. 383 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,630 We drove around as much as we dared, didn't we? We asked a few reliable people if they've seen him, 384 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,470 but there was no sign of him. - We didn't even know which way to look. 385 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:12,750 But he's probably gone to ground somewhere, in which case he'll turn up again. 386 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:18,120 But if he turns up in the hands of the Germans, a man who's behaved like a damn fool once will probably do it again. 387 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:23,670 He's not really a man Albert. Not much more than a boy. - That boy could get you both killed. 388 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,430 Brandt and Kessler are here. They want a table for dinner. 389 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,670 Goodnight Alain. Finish your coffee. 390 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,630 Mademoiselle Duclos asked me to give you her condolences. 391 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,310 That's very thoughtful of her, considering we've never even met. 392 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,470 Please thank her for her kindness. Is she keeping well? - Yes, very well. 393 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:47,870 Herr Major. Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. Good evening. 394 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,110 Oh, I'll have the dish of the day. 395 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,590 Thank you Sir, Herr Major? - Same for me. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be excellent. 396 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:59,310 And for an aperitif? - Calvados. - Yes. 397 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,510 Is that Mademoiselle Duclos' influence? - She likes it and I quite enjoy it. 398 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,640 I must say, as a colleague you really manage to surprise me. 399 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,750 Oh, in what way? 400 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,750 Your friendship with Mademoiselle Duclos, a Belgian. 401 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,070 She's an Aryan woman of good birth. - Oh yes yes yes. Of course of course, but, 402 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,590 I do believe that you don't encourage your junior officers to form such attachments. 403 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,540 There's no question of any attachment as you put it. 404 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,950 Oh, I do, I do beg your pardon. 405 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:36,670 If I've formed the wrong impression, I apologize. I have no wish to offend you in any way. 406 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,750 You haven't offended me. 407 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,590 Can you hear what they're saying? 408 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,470 When you speak of forming an impression. - No, no, no. It was my mistake. 409 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:52,230 Herr Major. - Oh thank you. - Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. 410 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,270 Have others formed this impression? - I really have no idea. Would it matter? 411 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,900 The wrong impression, might. - Why? 412 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,830 I'm not exactly a popular man, Major Brandt. Not that I care about such matters. 413 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:09,990 Aha. I see. You think there might be people who... 414 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,200 I don't know, how shall I put this, 415 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,910 jealous of your standing and looking for a weapon to use against you? 416 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,430 There is no weapon they could use. 417 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,350 I find her company pleasant, relaxing. We're friends. No more. 418 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,670 But given malice and envy, anything may be distorted. 419 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,550 Ah, it's true. You know, even in the German army, gossip is not unknown. 420 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:40,070 I mean perfectly innocent meetings, they can be misinterpreted. 421 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,750 But do you know what I'd say if I were in your shoes, I'd say to hell with them. 422 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:51,710 Well, she's a nice person. To have an easy, relaxed relationship with a woman, it doesn't happen all that often. You're very lucky. 423 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:59,010 I say, let's toast the health of Mademoiselle Duclos. - Mademoiselle Duclos. 424 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,790 May I now propose a toast? - By all means. 425 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,910 To the memory of your wife and son. 426 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,830 To the memory of my wife and son. 427 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,230 Monsieur Foiret, the same again please. - Certainly. 428 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,550 If you would like to talk about them, please do. I shall be happy to sit and listen. 429 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,510 It may help. I remember when my father died. - Did you talk about him? 430 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,230 No, but, looking back now, perhaps I should have done. 431 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,260 One must show fortitude of course. We are not old women to weep and wail, but, 432 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,870 sometimes, just to say something. - What? 433 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,790 What is there to say? They're dead and gone. 434 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:50,830 All the talk, all the tears and grieving in the world won't bring them back. 435 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,470 I loved them both of course, but it's over, it's in the past. 436 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:58,070 The past is as dead as they are. 437 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,550 Ready for your first course, sir? - Whenever you like. - Certainly sir. 438 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,910 This is really very pleasant. Thank you for your kind invitation. 439 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:24,990 It seemed the least I could do. I thought you might need taking out of yourself. 440 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,150 To be frank, you are being much more realistic about it than I expected. 441 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,310 There is no point in being sentimental about things which no longer exist. 442 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:43,550 Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, an RAF bomb aimer was picked up today. He's being brought in to my Headquarters. 443 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,150 When was he shot down? - He didn't say. 444 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,550 But the officer said that judging by his condition, he'd been on the ground for 2 or 3 days at least. 445 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,270 I wonder if he has been in touch with an escape line? - Well, I'll be interrogating him tomorrow, so we'll see. 446 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,590 Well, if I can be of any assistance? 447 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,910 Thank you Herr Sturmbannfuhrer, but he is in the hands of the Luftwaffe now. 448 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,510 Surely you haven't forgotten that we share responsibility when it comes to evasion lines? 449 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,710 Not at all. I shall let you have any relevant information as it comes to hand. 450 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:19,390 By giving him cigarettes and coffee? Putting him at ease and chatting to him like an old friend? There are more efficient techniques, Brandt. 451 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:25,030 Thank you. Well I suppose that we all use the methods that we personally prefer. 452 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,310 With respect, I'm talking about efficiency. 453 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,150 Thank you. That looks delicious. 454 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,580 I'm afraid we shall have to agree to differ mein Sturmbannfuhrer. 455 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:09,710 Send him in now please. 456 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,230 Good morning Flight Sergeant Lewis. I'm Major Brandt. Luftwaffe. 457 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,390 Will you please sit down. Thank you. 458 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,510 So. Did you sleep well? - Not especially. 459 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,340 Now I wonder if we might observe the normal military courtesies. 460 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:40,590 I was a pilot myself. I am aware that aircrew are very informal in the RAF, as well as the Luftwaffe, 461 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:46,430 but my rank is equivalent to a squadron leader. Would you not address a squadron leader as Sir? 462 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,900 I suppose so. Sir. 463 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,270 It's only a matter of mutual respect. 464 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:58,390 As a senior non-commissioned officer you are entitled to be addressed as Flight Sergeant rather than by your surname. 465 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,550 I do think the consideration should extend both ways. Oh by the way, have you had breakfast? - No sir. 466 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:08,230 Good, at any moment now... What timing. Come. 467 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,230 Splendid, just put it down here please. 468 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,710 That's alright I'll deal with it later. 469 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:22,220 So, how do you like your coffee? Black? White? with sugar? 470 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,510 Milk and sugar please sir. 471 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:31,510 I'll leave you to deal with the sugar. 472 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:39,570 This is the moment I allow myself my first cigarette of the day. Do you smoke? - Thank you sir. 473 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:58,630 Well, Flight Sergeant, your war is over. 474 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:03,430 You will be going on to a prisoner of war camp soon, and meeting a lot of your friends I expect. 475 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,320 Oh yes, and before I forget, I must give you these back. 476 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:11,430 Lewis A. What does the A stand for? Is it Albert by any chance? - Yes. 477 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,950 Are you known as Bill. Yes. 478 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,270 I wonder if you're pilot could have been Flight Sergeant Murray? Mick? 479 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:22,670 Is he all right? - Yes, he's fine. In fact, just a moment. 480 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:30,150 Yes I was right. You'll be going on to the same camp, so you'll be seeing him again soon. 481 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,040 But the rest of the crew, I'm afraid I have no information. 482 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:37,830 I was afraid nobody else got out. - Well, you never know, they may turn up later. 483 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,790 So, you were on your way back from Berlin when you were shot down. 484 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,670 Sir, my name is Lewis. Flight Sergeant Lewis 1246784. 485 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,630 That's all I'm allowed to tell you. 486 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:58,270 I wasn't asking you to tell me anything. I was telling you. 487 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,830 I don't need to ask you any questions, because I already know the answers. 488 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:08,070 You were flying a Lancaster bomber, O for Orange, from 45 Squadron based at Great Burwell. 489 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:14,270 You probably had a favourite pub in Newmarket where you went for a drink in the evenings. 490 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,990 I don't know how you got that information. - How do you suppose? 491 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:20,950 Mick wouldn't have said anything, not unless you... 492 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:25,870 No... Flight Sergeant Murray followed procedure, just as you did. Name rank and number. 493 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,870 We know these things Flight Sergeant. Our intelligence is extremely good. 494 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,950 Oh come along, with your DFM, you must have been on a number of raids. 495 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,310 You must know how many planes are shot down. 496 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,020 Why do you think your losses are so heavy? Because we know, and we're waiting for you. 497 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,910 You are not being interrogated Flight Sergeant. You are being debriefed before you're being sent on to your prisoner of war camp. 498 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,350 We know when you were shot down, and when you were picked up. 499 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,910 And that you tried to contact an escape route during the intervening period. 500 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:02,030 You should do, seeing as it was yours! We do get warned about phony escape routes run by Germans, you know. 501 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:08,310 Yes, I'm sure that you do. Naturally one hopes they'll succeed... 502 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,230 May I ask how you guessed? 503 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:15,870 When they were shouting at me in German. Make some excuse about checking on me. Lock me up, then go and tell a patrol about me. 504 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,230 God, that does sound extremely clumsy. 505 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,830 What an experience. Well now, have some more coffee. 506 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:32,150 Are you certain? - They've got him alright. At least he's not in the hands of the Gestapo. 507 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,710 The Luftwaffe Special Police use kid gloves by comparison, but they know their business. 508 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,630 Look, we told you, the trouble is he is still suspicious of us. 509 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,580 If he believes we were a bogus escape route run by Germans, he will talk. 510 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,030 He will have cottoned on by now, surely? - From what you've told me of him, 511 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,160 he can describe you both, and he knows exactly where that farm is. 512 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,710 Did he get a good look at you? - Well - Was it dark enough? 513 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,830 Albert! There's nothing we can do about it now. 514 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,390 Get in touch with that farmer. Tell him to clear out for a couple of days. Just in case. 515 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,230 Well, you just didn't believe them. 516 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:13,230 The girl was quite convincing. She had the patter off right. 517 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:17,260 I don't understand why there's been no report. 518 00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,990 Ah, here it is. 519 00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,550 My Sergeant, he likes to keep bad news from me. 520 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:31,270 Oh by the way? What name did she give you? Because they use so many. It wasn't Yvette was it by any chance? 521 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,830 She didn't say what her name was. 522 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:38,550 No. Well she didn't manage to convince you. It must have been the other one I suppose. 523 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,950 The other one? - Well, you said they. If it wasn't the girl who gave herself away, it must have been the other one. 524 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:48,030 You must know that. It's in your report Sir? - Yes, I'm sorry. 525 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,190 There'll be a number of rockets flying around, I can tell you. 526 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,870 Ah yes you're right. It is here. 527 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:58,310 RAF bomb-aimer... We have picked him up... 528 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:03,030 Told us to Check... Locked him in... 529 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:08,750 Told a patrol...They left you alone. Then they come back and find you've disappeared. It's incredible. 530 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:14,630 By the way, who put you on to them? - You know that from your report as well sir. 531 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:20,080 No. No, because we have a number of local collaborators. - I told you, they didn't give any names. 532 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:23,150 A location will do. I can work it out from there. 533 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:27,670 I don't remember sir. - I think we need a map then. 534 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,790 Now, you were picked up here, and walked from... - I don't know. 535 00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:39,390 Oh, come on, you're aircrew, you know North from South? How long were you walking? - I've forgotten. 536 00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:44,350 Flight Sergeant, we know all about your contact with our people. I told you, it's all in there. 537 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,670 All you've told me is what I told you first sir. 538 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,630 I've said too much already, and I'm not saying any more. 539 00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:59,230 I'd like to be returned to my cell if you please sir. - You'll stay where you are Flight Sergeant. This interview is not over yet. 540 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:05,030 Now you were picked up in a country area, and locked in. That suggests a barn or a farm of some sort. 541 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,590 Which farm? Flight Sergeant? - My name is Lewis, Sergeant Lewis. 542 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,870 Now we will change the subject. 543 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:15,900 You bombed Berlin. 544 00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:19,030 But you bombed short of the target. Why? 545 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,920 I can't tell you. - Oh, I know why. 546 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,790 Because your markers were dropped short. Did you know that? 547 00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,390 Do you know what you bombed? 548 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,380 No, I don't suppose you do. 549 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:41,150 You bombed a pleasant suburb. Miles from the city centre. 550 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:46,590 It had houses, and a church, and a school, 551 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:52,430 and a girls residential college. That's what you bombed. 552 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,830 Do you have any brothers? - One. 553 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,990 Older or younger? - Younger. 554 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,270 How old? - Fourteen. 555 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:12,950 I had a son. 556 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:17,670 His name was Kun. He was 12 years old. 557 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:19,990 Twelve. 558 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,230 He lived with his mother in that suburb and they were both killed that night. 559 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:30,630 Maybe your bombs killed them Flight Sergeant. I don't know. I don't care. 560 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,550 It doesn't matter. 561 00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,830 I wonder if you care. 562 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:42,590 Did you know the markers had been dropped short? - I thought they might have been. 563 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:44,270 Why did you bomb then? 564 00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:47,190 The navigator told the skipper he wasn't happy about it. We were on a bombing run. 565 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:52,270 You were the bomb aimer. It was your responsibility. - The pilot is the captain of the aircraft in the Royal Air Force sir. 566 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:56,830 Give me the name of the girl, and her accomplices. - No sir. 567 00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,270 Where's the farm, Flight Sergeant? - I don't know. 568 00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:04,220 Where's the farm? 569 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,040 Where's the farm? 570 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:11,550 Major Brandt. What in God's name to think you are doing? 571 00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:17,790 What stupid senseless behaviour. How can a man say anything when he is unconscious. 572 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:28,950 Flight Sergeant Lewis is in need of medical attention. Will you send someone to collect him. Well? 573 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,710 You're right Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. It was inexcusable. 574 00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,750 Especially as the man knows nothing. 575 00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:42,150 Right. Carry on.